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row spacing for onions

17 years ago

I am planting California Reds from Bonnie Plants. Plants not sets.. I bought them at Lowes and got short changed by about 20%. Am e mail to Bonnie has resulted in 2 more bunches of onion plants arriving on my door step free. ( way to go Bonnie. U just went way up my list) But now I have way too many plants.

My original two groups ( 100 plants) were placed in 5 rows. 12" apart and 4 to 5" spacing in rows. Can I squeeze another row inbetween those? This would put the rows 6" apart. It would make weeding a special task. This is tough

I have a 9 foot square dedicated to red onions. 4 rows of bulb sets ( yea yea I know better) and 5 rows of plants. Maybe I should place the new plants next to, or tween, the 4 rows of bulb sets that are likely to just go to seed anyway?

Any experience please share.

CrAzY LaRrY

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veggiecanner
17 years ago
I have a 4 foot wide bed and put 7 rows of onions in it, with the original planting 3 inches on center. Every other plant is thinned out when they just start to bulb. The size of the havestable bulb is determined by it's spacing during the final bulbing phase. I chop and freeze the early thinnings if I cann't use them all. If I don't get them thinned I pickle them with cukes and other veggies.
larry_c
Original Author
17 years ago
Thanks Veggie. Sounds like a good plan. I now have 515 onions in a 9 foot square. The rows are 5-6" apart. and the spacing is 4 to 5".
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